Potato cutter



Jan. 23, 1923.

W, A. SCHOENBORN. PoTTo CUTTER. FILED JULY 19, 1922 Patented danu 23, i923,

UNITED s'm'rss WILLIAMA. sononnsonn, oF mensen; NORTH DAKOTA.

POTATO CUTTER.

Application fiiearJuly 19,

',ihis in"-,'ention `relates to a potato c-utteij and has Yfor its pril/nary object the provision of :i device particularly designed for eut` ti r s d potatoes into desired sizes tor painting without bruising, inashing or inutilziting the potatoes.

.in ohjeot ot the invention is to provide a potato cutter as specilied which is simple in constri:eti-on and may he manufactured relativelyloxv oost.

and sold at r. y

lilith 'thorn-mill otherohjoete in viewitlie` .ini ention will he liet-ter understood troni the l'ollowing detailed desoription.taken in ennneetio-n ywithy the aci-,onipanying `drawing wherein: y n i hief. i in a side elevation partly in section oi the improved potato Cutter.

l Fig. 2 is n horizontal sectional the line Q-o'llfig. l. `i.gj. Fs is a vertical sei:tional f3 ot' lilig. l. Lilis a detailed view et the ed in the cutter structure.

Meier-ring inore particularly to the drawingI the improved cutter comprises a supporting body i having a rectangular central opening which slidaloly receives therein the nlunger 3. The plunger structure 3 is hollow :is clearly shown at e in ifig. Il ot the drawing. having its upper inner end rounded to lit a potato :is indie-ated at 5 and the dependingh sides l ot the plunger are provided view taken View on the line Y p i i i nger vertically extending slots 7 provided t'or re- 1922. Serial No. 576,058.

eeiving thetransverse Connecting `blades 8 carried by the supporting base l and eX- tending transversely of the recess 2j A single blade 9 extends longitudinally vof the re` Cess 2 intermediate its sides so that the 'potato 'Will loe cut into a plurality of relatively small pieces when it is forceddown- Wardly upon and passed the knives 8 andy 9 by downward movement of ther plunger 3. The plunger 3 has ya pair of upstanding ears l() orined thereon which are pivotally eenneeted to .depending hoss ll formed upon the handle l2 intermediate the ends ofthe handle. ri`he handle l2 is pivotally connected at one end as shown at 1B to bosses lil. lornied upon the supporting body or basel. As elenrl y shown in Fig. i the drawingl it' will be noted that the pivot pin l5 which connects the plunger `3 to the boss 1ll travels in an arcuate slot 1G so as to permitpivotal inoi'einent of the `handle l2 and vertical reeiin'oeatory movement ot lthe plunger 3 'without causing binding-notion ofthe plunger against the Walls of the opening 2i..

it is, of course, tohe understood that the invention may he constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations and therefore, l do not desire to he limited 'in any manner except as set torth in the claim hereunto appended.

y ilavingv thus described my invention what i WiLLiAM .i `sCHonneonn. 

